Blogging.LA Meets Atlas Obscura

Some of the everyday "uniqueness" we find in the L.A. area

After my recent Hollyhock House tour, I met a friend from out of town at the FigueroaHotel for a drink. At the bar by the pool, we met a woman named Rachel who said she was holding a meetup for the local Atlas Obscura chapter. My friend got all excited at the mention. I thought, what the hell is Atlas Obscura? Turns out, it’s a bit like blogging.la.

Atlas Obscura a/k/a the Obscura Society is an organization whose members visit and write about “a compendium of the world’s wonders, curiosities, and esoterica.” Or what we at blogging.la call “Tuesday”. Atlas Obscura is worldwide, and big in London, Paris, New York City, and Rome, among other places. Their website is like a Fodor’s Guide for weird and wacky adventures.

It all sounds like fun, and might mesh really well with our blogging.la visits and events, which tend to focus on history, pop culture, food and drink, and kitsch (sometimes simultaneously), from movies to music to donuts. I’m seeing some potential synergies between our two groups, and I would recommend that we check out Atlas Obscura, and vice versa. I have a feeling that, like my East Coast friend, some of you already have.